From: Mike Dalessio <mike.dalessio@...>
Date: 2010-09-14T02:55:43+09:00
Subject: Re: WWW::Mechanize and basic_auth

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Hi,

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Yiling Cao <yiling.cao@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Thanks for the reply, appreciated it!
>
> I did have tried basic_auth() as i did read the whole thread.
>
> In fact in manual it says basic_auth() is an alias of auth() according
> to http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/Mechanize.html#M000229
>
> Problem is mechanize  or(net/http) is not sending the HTTP username and
> password to the server, resulting server throws back 403 Forbidden
> Error.
>
> Now is it the bug on all requests are this is occasionally happening?
>

Mechanize has unit tests around its basic_auth functionality:

http://github.com/tenderlove/mechanize/blob/master/test/test_authenticate.rb#L9

If you've got a reproducible case that you can either put into executable
code, or at least describe in detail, then please report the bug to the
mechanize mailing list for feedback:

http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users

Thanks.

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